US8453686B2 - Method and apparatus for filling tubes in a tube-filling machine - Google Patents

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US8453686B2
US8453686B2 US12/733,298 US73329808A US8453686B2 US 8453686 B2 US8453686 B2 US 8453686B2 US 73329808 A US73329808 A US 73329808A US 8453686 B2 US8453686 B2 US 8453686B2
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65B3/00—Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65B3/26—Methods or devices for controlling the quantity of the material fed or filled
    • B65B3/28—Methods or devices for controlling the quantity of the material fed or filled by weighing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • G01G13/00—Weighing apparatus with automatic feed or discharge for weighing-out batches of material
    • G01G13/02—Means for automatically loading weigh pans or other receptacles, e.g. disposable containers, under control of the weighing mechanism
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
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    • G01G17/00—Apparatus for or methods of weighing material of special form or property
    • G01G17/04—Apparatus for or methods of weighing material of special form or property for weighing fluids, e.g. gases, pastes
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DE102007042433.9 2007-09-06
DE102007042433A DE102007042433A1 (de) 2007-09-06 2007-09-06 Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Befüllen von Tuben in einer Tubenfüllmaschine
DE102007042433 2007-09-06
PCT/EP2008/007181 WO2009033595A1 (de) 2007-09-06 2008-09-03 Verfahren und vorrichtung zum befüllen von tuben in einer tubenfüllmaschine

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DE1275438B (de) 1966-02-25 1968-08-14 Karlsruhe Augsburg Iweka Selbstzentrierender Halter fuer Tuben an einer Tubenfuell- und -schliessmaschine
US3648741A (en) 1970-04-23 1972-03-14 American Can Co Method and apparatus for accurately dispensing viscous products into successive containers
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US2103817A (en) * 1935-03-04 1937-12-28 Gerh Arehns Mek Verkst Ab Apparatus for filling containers
CH396743A (de) 1960-01-16 1965-07-31 Hesser Ag Maschf Fördereinrichtung an einer Verpackungsmaschine
GB1012072A (en) 1963-10-16 1965-12-08 Bowater Res & Dev Co Ltd Apparatus for filling with liquid containers having thermoplastic filling tubes
DE1275438B (de) 1966-02-25 1968-08-14 Karlsruhe Augsburg Iweka Selbstzentrierender Halter fuer Tuben an einer Tubenfuell- und -schliessmaschine
US3648741A (en) 1970-04-23 1972-03-14 American Can Co Method and apparatus for accurately dispensing viscous products into successive containers
GB2017971A (en) 1978-01-20 1979-10-10 Ramoneda Sibidi J Container loading apparatus.
US4344493A (en) * 1981-03-06 1982-08-17 Campbell Soup Company High-speed weighing and conveying apparatus
US4407379A (en) * 1981-06-12 1983-10-04 Diffracto Ltd. High accuracy filling machines
US4662409A (en) * 1984-05-09 1987-05-05 Sig Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft Method and apparatus for fine-dosing bulk material
US4676282A (en) 1984-10-10 1987-06-30 Logic S.R.L. Apparatus and method for filling bottles, flacons or the like container with a predetermined weight amount of a fluid
WO1990015755A1 (en) 1989-06-12 1990-12-27 A.G. (Patents) Limited Filling containers
US5285825A (en) 1989-06-12 1994-02-15 A.G. (Patents) Limited Method and apparatus for filling containers
DE3938220A1 (de) 1989-11-17 1991-05-23 Benz & Hilgers Gmbh Verfahren und vorrichtung zum verpacken von pastoesen produkten, wie suppenpasten, margarine, butter oder dgl. in form von paeckchen, wuerfeln oder dgl.
US5156193A (en) * 1989-11-23 1992-10-20 Farmomac S.R.L. Method for filling containers with liquid, gelatinous, corrosive, and/or sticky products, or abrasive suspensions
US5515888A (en) * 1993-10-29 1996-05-14 Graffin Andre J J Measuring weight by integrating flow
US5623976A (en) * 1994-01-24 1997-04-29 Benjamin Moore & Co. Method and apparatus for supplying containers
DE19925039A1 (de) 1999-06-01 2000-12-07 Till Gea Gmbh & Co Kalibrierungsverfahren für Füllmaschinen mit mehreren Füllstationen und Waagenkontrollvorrichtung hierfür
US6334471B1 (en) * 1999-07-19 2002-01-01 Serac Group Method of filling a receptacle
US6800818B2 (en) * 2000-05-19 2004-10-05 I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. Distributor unit
US6857453B2 (en) * 2002-11-21 2005-02-22 Shibuya Kogyo Co., Ltd. Rotary weight filler
DE102005014116A1 (de) 2003-09-21 2006-09-28 Inova Pharma Systems Gmbh Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum kontrollierten Befüllen
US8028723B2 (en) * 2008-05-22 2011-10-04 Mettler-Toledo Ag Method and device to fill receiving containers

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US11230395B2 (en) 2011-09-15 2022-01-25 Groninger & Co. Gmbh Method and device for filling and closing pharmaceutical object
US10589881B2 (en) * 2014-09-24 2020-03-17 Haver & Boecker Ohg Device and method for packaging flowable materials
US10988275B2 (en) 2017-05-19 2021-04-27 Cryovac, Llc Package feedback control system and associated methods
US11358743B2 (en) * 2017-06-14 2022-06-14 Iwk Verpackungstechnik Gmbh Tube holder for a tube-filling machine
US11111041B2 (en) * 2019-01-24 2021-09-07 Iwk Verpackungstechnik Gmbh Tube holder for a tube filling machine
US11737488B2 (en) 2020-12-01 2023-08-29 Sream, Inc. Pre-roll packing system and device

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